Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

Summative assessment is an important part of the learning cycle and peak performance only comes with excellent preparation. This week in Year 8 Mathematics, each class has been concentrating on preparing for their upcoming end-of-year examinations. These examinations will focus on the entire syllabus we have covered over the course of the academic year, however as Mathematics is a subject that involves ‘building blocks’ the pupils are expected to recall knowledge and apply understanding that they have formed throughout their Mathematics careers.

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In the last four or five lessons, we have covered topics as diverse as: straight line graphs, quadratic graphs, percentages, fractions, construction and Algebraic manipulation, amongst others. We believe that a balanced mix of revision strategies is best for our students. Teachers direct some sessions while students lead others, developing independence is a key feature of mathematics lessons, and we view learning to prepare for examinations as a key life skill.

Feedback is a tremendously important part of this cycle and you can see in the images how we use mini whiteboards as an effective means of eliciting all student response to questions and a means to provide instant feedback. We are confident that all our students will be very well prepared for their examinations and thus enabled to perform at their best.